Letters and figures

Wrrong initialsThe name of the first Belgian queen was Louise-Marie, not Marie-Louise. A stamp with the wrong initials ML was withdrawn and replaced by a stamp with the correct L first letter.(BELGIUM - 1962)

Wrong nameThe person featured on this stamp is called Astronomer Seng Yixing. His real name was Zhang Sui, Yixing is a religious surname that was given to him after he became a monk. . Issue year : 1955, not 1966.(CHINA - 1955)

Wrong nameThis Dance is called on the stamp 'The Knife Dance of the KAWA people'. As Kawa also means slave and carries a derogatory meaning, the name was changed to 'people WA' already in 1932. This was forgotten during the design of the sdtamp.(CHINA - 1963)

Misspelt nameNames of plants and animals consist of two parts, a generic name which must be capitalized, and a specific name which should not be capitalized. In this seris, the second name however is also capitalized.(ETHIOPIA - 1980)

StrangeIs it SELLASSIE or SELASSIE ? Furthermore a stamp claims to celebrate 'his first 60th birthday'. What else could it be ?(ETHIOPIA - 1952)

Errors in namesThe names of both Swedish scientists are mispelt : correct spelling is SPARRMAN (with one N) and a C instead of K for Carlsson SOLANDER.(FRENCH POLYNESIA - 1986)

Wrong name, wrong containerWrong : LE BON - Correct : LEBON | He invented the illuminating gas from the distillation of wood. Due to the high temperature, this was made in fireclay containers, not in glass.(FRANCE - 1955)

Two errorsThe seaweed with this shrimp is the Serrated wrack (Fucus serrratus) which does not occur further south than Spain, and hence does not occur in Morocco. Wrong : ARISTEOMORPHA - Correct : ARISRAEOMORPHA(MOROCCO - 1965)

Financial lossForty millions stamps were printed before it was noticed that AMADEO was spelled AMEDEO. All the stamps were destroyed, and a correct stamp was reprinted.(UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1973)